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HIPAA - ANSWER_The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed browser - ANSWER_A program that allows the user to find and view pages on the world wide web. central processing unit - ANSWER_executes commands from a computer's hardware and software; the principal computer chip that contains several processing comp...

How should you keep your password safe? -ANSWER_ keep it confidential and change it frequently what does MEDLARS stand for? -ANSWER_ MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System what is the first steps in patient care? -ANSWER_ taking a medical history and a physical exam what are the three major components of a computer? -ANSWER_ input, output, and central processing unit what are examples of input care? -ANSWER_ mouse, keyboard, magnetic tape, touchscreen monitor, optical scann...

telemedicine- ANSWER - the ability of doctors to see and evaluate a patient over the phone or video conference portal technology- ANSWER - Allows patients and doctors to access information on their own health, helping to allow the patient to be more active in their healthcare self-service kiosks- ANSWER - helps to make hospital/doctors office registration more efficient by allowing you to put in your information and pay bills without the need for a worker remote monitoring tools- ANSWER...

Disadvantages of technology - ANSWER_if server goes down=no access, cost, staff reluctant to change, confidentiality, hacking into records, Kazely's dissertation-did not improve efficiency or quality Historical Overview of computers - ANSWER_used as financial management tools, tracking services, billings payment, automated billing processes, home grown data processing staff, large mainfram computers Health Care technology - ANSWER_both a reason for and an answer to ever increasing costs o...

adaptation of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) in the US within 10 years. Brailer resigned from the post in April, 2006 -during Katrina lots of records were lost -imaging and pharmacy went digital in 1995 Current National Coordinator of ONCHIT - ANSWER_Donald Rucker, M.D. Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) - ANSWER_A private nonprofit group, was funded in 2005 by the U.S. department of Health and Human Services to develop a set of standards...

healthcare professional at the nurse's station can press a button and ask from the desk what the client may need. Which statement is accurate concerning this type of hospital client call system? Privacy could be compromised if there is no one else in the room. Most call systems will translate English to other languages. The system will continue to work in the event of a power failure. A client with a sensory deficit may not be able to communicate with the client light system. -ANSWE...

Genetic Engineering -ANSWER _this involves the manipulation of genetic material to eliminate undesirable traits or ensure desirable traits. EHR (electronic health record) -ANSWER _contains information about his or her entire medical history and all of his or her healthcare experiences. EMR (electronic medical record) -ANSWER _contains patient information from a single medical practice or even a single stay in one healthcare facility. COW (computer on wheels) -ANSWER _allows healthcare w...

In scheduling nurses for tomorrow morning's shift, the staffing office contacts the charge nurse to find out staffing needs. In responding to the staffing office, which system should the charge nurse review? - ANSWER_The acuity management system The informatics nurse is reviewing the variance information from the open cholecystectomy pathway initiated at the local hospital last year. The nurse notes that in 90% of the cases the client did not receive orders to ambulate until day three postop...

primary patient record - ANSWER-record that is used by health care professionals while providing patient care services to review patient data or document their own observations secondary patient record - ANSWER-a record that is derived from the primary record and contains selected data elements to aid non-clinical persons in supporting, evaluating, and advancing patient care right after - ANSWER-timely means dual ownership - ANSWER-what ownership owns the medical record medical recor...

For healthcare information systems to work more efficiently, they must have *interoperability* health information technology meaningful use. This enables the systems to *send and receive* data without the need for data entry or special interfaces. For this to be successful, data must be *standardized*different changed deleted to ensure accurate transfer. -ANSWER_ Which phrase best describes the ability to use a video conferencing application on a cell phone? -ANSWER_Technology literacy Mat...